In the Blood of the Greeks by Mary D. Brooks

Author:Mary D. Brooks [Brooks, Mary D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian, Fiction, Romance, Historical
ISBN: 9781933720173
Google: teGXGAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1933720174
Publisher: Cavalier Press
Published: 2005-01-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

EVA BARELY HEARD THE TWO men talking. Her thoughts were on Father Haralambos and the dire predicament he was going to be in shortly. She was brought out of her thoughts when the two men began to discuss the state of the war. Eva had heard that the Allies had landed at Normandy, but from all accounts she was led to believe that the Reich was beating back the Allied advance. She had hoped at the time that it was the propaganda machine in action again.

“So we’ve lost Paris?” Muller exclaimed. He couldn’t believe what his friend had told him. He believed the Allies were being pushed back across the channel. “When did this happen?”

“August,” Rhimes said dejectedly.

“We’re nearing October. You’re telling me that we lost Paris in August? Damn it! Why didn’t anyone tell us sooner?”

“I think they had a lot more concerns on their minds, old friend, than telling us about Paris. We lost Bucharest, the Russian bastards have overrun Estonia and the Americans… oh dear God, the Americans. We are fighting on too many fronts.”

The two men sat smoking cigars. The smoke made Eva slightly ill but she wanted to remain to listen in on the conversation.

“We are going to lose the war, Hans,” Rhimes said.

“Never! I don’t believe that.” Ever the good German, Hans was shocked that his friend would suggest such a thing. “We’ve had some losses but…”

“Hans, the war is going badly. Very badly. If we are lucky, we will salvage some sort of agreement. The Russians are mauling us. Barbaric people.”

“What are we going to do here?”

General Rhimes pulled a piece of paper from his uniform pocket and gave it to the Major. Muller’s eyebrows rose into his hairline as he read the orders from Central Command.

“That’s why the train is important?” Muller queried.

“Yes. General Kiefer and I are organizing a slow withdrawal of troops from Athens. We are leaving only a few there. Our Jewish problem will be eliminated. The Final Solution, Hans.”

“Maybe we were given wrong information…”

“Hans, the Americans have crossed into the Fatherland.”

Both Muller and Eva gasped, although not for the same reasons.

“When?” Muller whispered. He couldn’t believe that the Allies had managed to cross into Germany. There must have been some mistake. It wasn’t possible. “Are you sure?”

“I wish I could say I was wrong, Hans, but I can’t. On the 13th , they marched into the Fatherland,” Rhimes said quietly. He mentally shook himself, knowing that it was already too late.

Getting up from his chair, Muller swore and began pacing around the room.

“Excuse me, Father, General Rhimes,” Eva said as she rose her from her chair. “I see that you have important matters to discuss, so I will leave you.”

“Yes. Yes,” her father replied absently, his thoughts on the Reich’s impending defeat. Eva walked out of her father’s office, her thoughts jumbled as the good news was replaced with the more pressing problem of getting Father Haralambos out of Greece. She walked into the kitchen where Despina was busy preparing the noon meal.

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